Claim · #6496042
Thysanoptera (order) · herbivory · Capsicum annuum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“young leaves curling upwards; fruits netted with cork-like streaks”
- Source
- International Cooperators' Guide: Procedures for Sweet Pepper Variety Field Trials (#14-775)
- Authors
- Shieh H., Lin S., Lin L., Sheu Z., Tsai W., Srinivasan R., Kumar S.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg / AVRDC)
- Page
- 10
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Thrips (Thysanoptera) on pepper produce upward leaf curl, corky fruit streaks and stunting consistent with rasping-sucking feeding.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Thysanoptera rasping feeding produces upward leaf curl and corky fruit streaks on pepper; symptoms and order-level attribution correct.”
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